My first experience with amnesia

The stage opens with me getting up and out of bed at 7:30 on Monday, the 20th of July. I am at my aunt and uncle's house in Wasilla, Alaska. Uncle Mark left for Anchorage for business earlier that morning, Aunt Cindy and cousin Stephanie just left for the gym, so I'm home alone with the dogs and cat.

I get up and have a bowl of cereal for breakfast, then Facebook. I hadn't had time to go through my pictures yet, so I spent some time looking at them and choosing all the ones that I wanted to upload. I was going through my pictures and catching up with all my friends on Facebook until Steph and I went over to Grandpa Pete's house and talked with him for a while and then played some pool. It was a fun game, neither Stephanie or I are very good, but we had a fun time anyway. On the way to Grandpa Pete's Stephanie bought me a Latte. I had told her that I didn't care for coffee, but she said that I had to try a Latte, because it's mostly milk anyway, and doesn't have a strong coffee flavor. So anyway, we're at Grandpa Pete's playing pool and sipping our Lattes, which are not that bad by the way, definitely better than any other coffee product that I've had. After our round of pool Grandpa Pete showed us his workshop that he's been working on. Then we departed for the ice rink.

Stephanie is an excellent skater. She has won trophies and tournaments and stuff. Whereas, I can just skate, forwards, and that's about it. So, Steph and I were at the skating rink, and we met up with two of Stephanie's cousins. (My cousin's cousin, but not my second cousin.) We all had a fun time skating around and playing tag and just having a great time. There weren't very many people at the rink at all, 4 people other than our group, so we pretty much could do anything that we wanted. Tag was fun, I never was able to catch Stephanie, she can skate circles around me any day of the week. :P

We finished playing tag and I was just skating around, and I must have fallen. I don't remember falling, but I must have. I remember sitting on the bench… with an icepack…. I couldn't remember what the time or date were. I looked at my watch: Monday, 20th of July. I remember thinking, "Monday, the 20th. So, I'm done with fishing. I'm staying with Uncle Mark and Aunt Cindy… Monday… I've only stayed with them one night then…. Wait. 20th? Yeah, ok. So, I'm still in Alaska, I haven't gone up to Grandpa Art's farm. Monday… yeah, Steph and I played pool this morning…, and I had a Latte? Wait, no. That was a dream, I didn't have a Latte. No, wait, I did. I remember Stephanie getting a picture of me with my Latte. Yeah. That was this morning. When is it? Oh, it's the 20th. That's right, it's Monday. 20th of July. I'm done with fishing. I'm leaving on the 30th? Yeah, that's right. I drove up from Ninilchick yesterday. That's right. I kept looking at my watch, and at the pictures on my camera. I also kept reaching for the candy bar in my pocket which I picked up at Grandpa Pete's. I was checking to make sure that it wasn't a dream.
That sort of thought process kept going on for a while, I'm not sure how long. I must have fallen at around 1:15 because I have a picture of me with an icepack to my head taken at 1:21.

I don't remember returning my skates, I don't remember driving back, I don't remember coming back in the house. I do remember that on the way home Stephanie kept asking me if I needed to see a doctor. I kept saying that I was fine, I think. I remember looking at my watch, 2:00. I remember Aunt Cindy asking me what I wanted for lunch, I remember sitting down at the table, but I can't remember what I had to eat. I went downstairs and showed my cousin's cousins my juggling and rubik's cubing. I juggled 3 ball mills mess, Rubenstein's revenge, Factory, Chops. Then I picked up two more balls and juggled 5 ball cascade. I can't remember if I did well, but I remember that it was fun to juggle again. Then I solved the rubik's cube. 1:16 min:sec the first solve, 48 seconds the second solve. Then we came upstairs and Jayden (one of Stephanie's cousins) showed us her violin playing skills, she was pretty good for a 7 year old.

At 3:00 p.m. the whole morning seemed like a dream, I knew that it really happened because I kept looking at the pictures that I took on my camera. But it was weird, it really just seemed like a dream. I'm pretty sure that I was acting rational and reasonable, but I don't really remember what I was doing. A little before 4 o'clock, I went out on the porch and Stephanie was in one of the chairs relaxing, I asked her what she was doing, and she said that she was just relaxing until Dad (Uncle Mark) came out and told her to paint something. I kept talking to her, and sure enough, 5 minutes later Uncle Mark came out and asked her to paint some round wood things for the yard. I went out and helped her paint the "stepping stones." And then from then on I can remember things like normal. I can remember painting the wooden boards, and everything after that. But the whole morning is kind of fuzzy, but I think that I remember it pretty well now though. I can remember playing pool, but from the time we left for the ice rink, to the time we got home is a little fuzzy. And I don't remember falling at all.

It was weird. I feel fine now. I've been fine from about 4:00 p.m. yesterday. Other than some pain on the left side of my head, I feel perfectly normal. I had a headache yesterday, but it wasn't a bad one. Several people told me to take pain medication, but I generally try to stay away from Ibuprofen, or Tylenol, or stuff like that unless it really, really hurts, and there's no other option.


So, I'm fine now, it still hurts a little to chew, because my jaw hurts on the left side. Other than that, I feel great. I want to go skating again though, because I can't remember what skating feels like. :P

Well that's all for now, I'm having a great time chilling with Stephanie. :P

Tim